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Eva Mattes

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Eva Mattes
Eva Mattes, 2012
Born (1954-12-14) 14 December 1954 (age 69)
Tegernsee, West Germany
OccupationActress

Eva Mattes (German: [ˈeː.fa ˈma.təs] ; born 14 December 1954) is a German-Austrian actress. She has appeared in four films directed by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Jail Bait [de], Effi Briest and In a Year of 13 Moons). In A Man Like E.V.A. [de] (1984), she played a bearded film director, based on the recently deceased Fassbinder.

She has also appeared in two films of Werner Herzog, with whom she was in a relationship. Mattes also appeared in Germany, Pale Mother, and in Enemy at the Gates as the mother of Sasha Filippov. On television, she has played Klara Blum in the police procedural series Tatort.

Mattes lives in Berlin with Austrian artist Wolfgang Georgsdorf and two children.

Awards

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Selected filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1970 o.k. Phan Ti Mao Michael Verhoeven
Mathias Kneissl Katharina Kneissl Reinhard Hauff
1972 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Gabriele von Kant Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1972 Jail Bait [de] Hanni Rainer Werner Fassbinder TV film
Desaster Rosi Reinhard Hauff TV film
1974 Supermarket Monika Roland Klick
Effi Briest Hulda Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1976 Naked Massacre Catherine Denis Héroux
1977 Stroszek Eva Werner Herzog
1978 In a Year of 13 Moons Marie-Ann Weishaupt Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1979 David Toni Peter Lilienthal
Union der festen Hand Paula Griguszies Claus Peter Witt [de] TV film
Woyzeck Marie Werner Herzog
1980 Germany, Pale Mother Lene Helma Sanders-Brahms
Céleste Céleste Albaret Percy Adlon
1984 A Man Like E.V.A. [de] E.V.A. (based on Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Radu Gabrea
1986 Now or Never [de] Mo Christel Buschmann [de]
1988 Felix [it] Eva Margarethe von Trotta Anthology film. Segment "Eva"
1993 The Movie Teller [de; cy] Marga Fritsche Bernhard Sinkel
1997 The Cry of Love [de] Simone Behrend Matti Geschonneck TV film
1998 Widows – Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen Molly Dollinger Sherry Hormann
2001 Enemy at the Gates Mother Filippova Jean-Jacques Annaud
Goebbels und Geduldig Magda Goebbels Kai Wessel TV film
2002–15 Tatort Hauptkommissarin Klara Blum TV series (28 episodes)
2014 Fever Franziska Elfi Mikesch [de]

References

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  1. ^ "Bayerischer Filmpreis - "Pierrot"" (PDF). Bayerische Staatsregierung. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Awards 1979". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
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